Christmas celebration in 2013 was not the same as before.
Julie was not in Sweden to celebrate Christmas with us for the first time. I really wished that she would come home for Christmas but her Christmas card from England filled the emptiness in my heart and her absence in the apartment. Amazingly something happened when I opened the envelop. Her card looked so familiar. Then I remember I saw it at a morning market in London one month ago. I was that close to buy it because of the cheerful singing reindeer on the card. What was the probability that she could choose the same card for me? ^-^? I told her about this coincidence with joy. She said, "Ya! I thought you might like it."
Mabel who enjoys doing homemade cards hasn't touched her art-work box for years. I have saved almost all of her handmade cards from her childhood. She lost her interest in her teenage years. Occasionally she did made some cards, but to her friends, not me. Although I was always looking forward to her homemade Easter cards, birthday cards, Mother's Day card, and I did mentioned this to her, what I got in return when these special days came: zero. As years gone by, my hope of getting those cards vanished from my wishing list.
Out of the blue Mabel called me one week before Christmas,"Mom, I am coming home to make Christmas cards." What do you think my answer was? ^-^
So, she sat up whole night besides her boxes, with love and creative mind stream, after many hours of concentration, her babies were born! Simply, nice and christmasish.
I sat besides her, watching her proudly. How nice of her asking me about my opinions in between during her brainstorm. I enjoyed her company and was happy of being a mom again that night. I got the priority to choose from one of these beautifully cards, and the card will definitely be reused years after years during Christmas time, just the same I did to her other Christmas cards and handcraft. I really hope her friends who have received her cards would keep theirs as I did, because these cards were special to Mabel She always thinks it over first what the receivers would like before she starts her work, and that's what make these cards the one and only.
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| Front (envelop) |
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| Back (Envelop) |
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| Beautiful handwriting! Look like printed! |
Besides making the cards, Mabel kept herself busy in the kitchen on the 22nd of December, prepared the Christmas dinner and dessert, made candy and cookies. We invited a new Malaysian friend, Michelle and Indian Mark to have the dinner with us on the 23rd of December. It was a great dinner celebration at our apartment even though we missed Julie so much that night.
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